Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a ...

The yearslong process to produce a map that designates every part of Oregon as low, moderate or high risk of wildfires came about following the historic 2020 Labor Day wildfires that killed nine ...

The Ashland lawmaker wants the map to designate the risk level of broad areas rather than naming the risk of individual ...

Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...

Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements under a new hazard map released Tuesday by state fire officials. The ...

Sen. Jeff Golden (D-Ashland) plans to reintroduce a bill to help wildfire-affected communities. Golden’s past attempts failed ...

Oregon's revised wildfire risk map continues to generate concerns among homeowners, despite efforts to address the potential impacts on insurance policies and property values. The map, which is a prod ...

The statutes directed the development of a searchable statewide wildfire hazard map by Oregon State University. The maps have two main components—the wildfire hazard and the wildland-urban ...

Community members were vocal at a town hall meeting Thursday night to talk about the Oregon Department of Forestry's ...

A full house of worried Deschutes County residents showed up Wednesday as county commissioners discussed the state’s recently ...

The statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website. Notifications are being mailed to ...